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This book was a clever idea indeed. Why write another Bowie biography when there have been too many of them already? Personally, I like most of them and I strongly recommend the recently published "Strange Fascination", by David Buckley, even though it is only available in Britain at the time of writing. But quite a few Bowie fans have complained that they have no patience to read a long, detailed biography. So give them what they want: a glossy, coffee-table book full of pictures that will make female fans go WOW, plus bits and pieces of information that can be read piecemeal, in no particular order. Done by the wrong people, it could have been an embarrassing exercise in teenage-like worship. But these guys are experts and the results are more than worth the price of admission. Each chapter is devoted to an aspect of Bowie's life - there's even one about his favorite cigarette brands! This is really a fan's bible if there ever was one.

Oh Lord, not another Bowie book! I was expecting it to be OK - you know, a few nice pix I hadn't seen before or had forgotten about, plus the usual mishmash of facts we've read in countless bowie biogs over these golden years.

How wrong could I have been?

This book is nothing short of trancendent. It would surpass the expectations of even the most uncritical of Bowie fans. Why? Well there's...

The quality of the paper and reproduction of the photos and artwork, not to mention the stunning front and back covers - simply inspired. I can't remeber the last time I saw a book cover as suitably stylish as this .

The many, many photos - literally hundreds of them. From what I can gather, there has never been a Bowie book with so many photos in it. The fact that so many of them are completely beautiful and, to my knowledge, never seen before (and I already own quite a few) makes this an essential point.

The fascinating text - do we really want to read the same old yarns about insanity in Bowie's family and the ongoing feud with Angie? I think not, and we're spared them here. Instead the text effortlessly matches the relevant pix, with clever, insightful (and very English) prose and superb captions - at times extremely funny and entertaining, at other times highly informative (who knew that Ronnie Wood inspired the Duke's costume in 76, eh?).

Oh I could go on for ages... but BowieStyle really lives up to it's title. An immaculate collection indeed. BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful - how did they know to give my absolute favourite pictures a full page each? If you ever need a reference for any outfit worn at any concert or appearance, this book would be your best bet. The only drawback - not a whole lot of info. But there are some interesting tidbits!

I had my doubts about the book based on the title "bowie style", but the ever in-the-know Joel Stones strongly recommended it to me, so i checked it out and couldn't put it down. Chock full of pictures from way back in the beginning--the usual childhood ones, but from the beginning of his career until the present, as well as pics of various influences on Bowie and people he has in turn influenced. Well worth it for the pics alone, with interesting information and stories scattered throughout. Extremely cool for Bowie fans, and very interesting for all music fans who enjoy tracing back the times and trends...

This book is great for fans of David Bowie. It's loaded with awesome color photos spanning his entire career, from Ziggy's flashy red hair up to the late '90s and his ultra-cool Union Jack overcoat. Bowie has always been one to set fashion trends, and "Bowiestyle" is a very entertaining and enlightening look at David over his exceptional career. The written passages aren't quite as impressive, but they do hold lots of neat trivia-type information and very nicely augment the high quality photography. (and hey.. if you want a Biography, there are several available) Overall loads of fun to leaf through, and a cool look back at the styles and trends that this artist so deftly influenced.

This book is quite simply the best Bowie book out there.
If you're a lifelong fan, such as myself, you will thoroughly enjoy it from front to back cover!
It's quite simply Bowie Brilliant!!!

Do you like Bowie? Do you like pictures of David Bowie? Then go get the book. It is lovely, with a lot of pictures I never saw before.

Yes, good pictures. But most written parts are shallow snippets. That and it's too small a book for the TONS of BETTER photos out there that you happen upon when searching for such things on the internet(where can those be had in printed form?). This book should have had an "easy-wide-open" binding, 100 more pages, less flacid/obvious commentary, and NO thumb-sized cut-up pages being passed as flashy "graphic design"(more like graphic resign...David?).
If a book of the same size and length were comprised for only a couple of years per volume THEN this would be great. Bowie's amazing, but why this gaseous flounce?
Good for 12-yr-old fans treading the foothills.

This is a great book for bowie fans. It has lots of Bowie pics. You must buy this.

THis is the best bowie book. It has great detailed clear pictures of bowie. If your a Bowie fan you must buy this. I have, So buy this book!